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Taming the Tomboy: The “Old-Fashioned Girl” books of my childhood, and what they taught me about womanhood, femininity, and growing up
I went through my American Girl phase between fourth and fifth grade, and read through piles of the books. This obsession culminated…
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What to Read if You Loved: Game of Thrones
It’s a canon event for all readers: you start a show not thinking much of it, end up binging it all the…
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A Worthy Sequel or Just A Cash Grab?
A review of The Housemaid’s Secret, by Freida McFadden. Bookouture, 2023. I broke one of the core values of book reviewing and…
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The Duality of Humanity in East of Eden
A review of East of Eden, by John Steinbeck. Penguin Books, 1952. John Steinbeck is a household name for a reason. He…
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Goblets, Daggers, and Jousts – My First Time at a Renaissance Festival
I grew up enamored by fantasy worlds. Film, books, and even music would often take me on all sorts of adventures by…
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Forrest Frank’s Concert Brings Spirit to the Stage in St. Louis
A review of Forrest Frank’s “The Jesus Generation” concert on July 25th, 2026, St. Louis, Missouri On July 25th, my mom, brother…
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Honing Confidence in Writing-My Experience With ENG 382
From a young age I always liked to read. I did the reading contests every summer at my local library, read at…
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Guysha Guy’s “The Persistence of Memory”
This piece was written in April of 2026 Memory sometimes feels like a melting clock. We remember, but from time to time,…
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Constraint and Clarity: Writing Poetry Within a Moving Medium
In the later part of 2022, I found myself living just outside the Quad Cities in Illinois, coping with the aftermath of…
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Shared Inquiry: The 2026 EGO Colloquium
On Saturday, March 28, 2026, the WIU English Graduate Organization (EGO) hosted its annual colloquium, inviting graduate and undergraduate students to share…
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Alumni Author Connor Sullivan Publishes First Novel
Connor Sullivan (B.A. 2021, M.A. 2024) returned to campus to promote his first novel, a mystery entitled The Body in the River.…
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Listening as Living: An Account of Audiobooks
From an early age, I was immersed in literature—not only through printed pages, but through sound. My father owned a collection titled…
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